Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Srikanta Samanta Vs State of West Bengal dated 13/11/2024. The matter related to a dumping ground located near the southern boundary wall of the Nabagram Hiralal Pau College, Konnagar, Hooghly which is posing a serious environmental …
THANJAVUR: Bhakthavachalam Memorial Trust Krishi Vigyan Kendra (BMTKVK) at Sengipatti near here conducted a training programme for extension functionaries to create awareness about Coconut Leaf Beetle (Brontispa longissima), a new threat to coconut and other palms at the kendra recently. The pest has caused severe damages to palms in few …
Ian Sample Farmland struck by infestations of bugs following widespread adoption of Bt cotton made by biotech giant Monsanto. Scientists are calling for the long-term risks of GM crops to be reassessed after field studies revealed an explosion in pest numbers around farms growing modified strains of cotton. The unexpected …
Vijayawada, April 4: Mango growers in Krishna district are worried with the late flowering which is likely to reduce the size of the fruit and decrease production. Mango is being cultivated in 1.60 lakh acres in the district, mostly in Nuzvid revenue division and some parts of Vijayawada rural mandal. …
In a setback for genetically engineered cotton, Monsanto, innovator of the strain, confirmed what sceptics had said might well happen, that the pests it was supposed to resist better than natural cotton would also innovate. The company confirmed today that the pink bollworm, the damaging pest against which the genetically …
Priscilla Jebaraj Firm asks farmers to switch to its second-generation product to delay resistance further Pink bollworm resistant to pest-killing protein of Bt cotton in four districts Monsanto's advice ridiculous, say scientists NEW DELHI: For the first time anywhere in the world, biotech agriculture giant Monsanto has admitted that insects …
Infested:A file picture of a black gram plant infected with yellow mosaic virus. The Andhra Pradesh Government has ordered a study to assess the damage caused to blackgram crop by the yellow mosaic virus in East and West Godavari districts. Replying to a question in the Legislative Assembly here on …
Farmers in Ikkadu and Kambathur blocks in Tiruvallur district have been issued an alert on a pest attack by prodinea FARMERS who have cultivated pulse crops like greengram and blackgram in Tiruvallur district have been issued an alert on a pest attack by prodinea, whose caterpillar eats away the leaves …
Brinjal or eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an important solanaceous crop of sub-tropics and tropics. The name brinjal is popular in Indian subcontinents and is derived from Arabic and Sanskrit whereas the name eggplant has been derived from the shape of the fruit of some varieties, which are white and …
This publication presents a compilation of information on key practical issues affecting jatropha for pro-poor development. It provides a brief overview of biofuels, their growth drivers and their potential impacts on poor societies. It also summarizes the most recent data on the cultivation, seed harvesting, processing, uses and genetic improvement …
If scientists of the Punjab Agricultural Department are to go by then the cause for the alarming deterioration rate of sheesham (Dalbergia sisso) and kikar (Acacia nilotica) trees and other agricultural crops across the state has been discovered. According to scientists, it is a kind of pest, which is responsible …
Hyderabad: In the wake of huge crop losses of over $10 billion due to insect pests, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) has called for a critical look into the
BHAWANIPATNA: As the farmers in Kalahandi district are readying to harvest winter paddy, spectre of a depleted production haunts them due to diseases and pest attack. BPH and gundi bug pest attack along with diseases like sheath blight and sheath rot severely damaged paddy crops during pre-harvesting period. The worst …
PARADIP: Paddy crop over thousands of hectares has been damaged by brown planthoppers in Jagatsinghpur district. In the current kharif season, paddy was cultivated over 75,000 hectares in the district. However, the crops were completely damaged by the brown planthoppers. Sources said the brown planthoppers suck the sap of the …
Pakistan Seed Council (PSC) has put a ban on the cultivation of six varieties of wheat. All these varieties have been completely deprived of per acre production due to attack of several pests. According to sources, Pakistan Seed Council has completely banned 6 varieties of wheat including Punjab 85, Punjab …
